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Review: GeForce 7900 GT and GTX mini-roundup: eVGA and XFX

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 7 June 2006, 07:09

Tags: EVGA, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), XFX (HKG:1079)

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eVGA e-GeForce GeForce 7900 GTX CO Superclocked™ Board Exam

eVGA clock their CO Superclocked™ at 690/880, just shy of the XFX XXX Edition. The real-world difference will be interesting to see. More on that later.

Board

board

eVGA use three stickers to brand up their example of what's essentially reference hardware with a different board BIOS.
board

Round the back there's an ID sticker.

board

The backplane is as unremarkable at first glance, except the second retaining screw holding the I/O shield in place had worked itself loose during transit. Wolfy assures us your own retail example won't suffer the same amusing fate.

Summary

Reference hardware run quick which, as far as 7900 GTXs are concerned, is no bad thing. Dem cooler bring good vibe to ja mad chassis, rude bwoy!